doha. >> you welcome to the al jazeera news hour. i'm folly bah thibult. you now to our top stories. the death toll from the earthquake in nepal has risen. >> the third rescue team has finished for the night. the death toll is rising. >> the battle for saudi-led airstrikes target fight

necessary one of yemen's largest cities. >> your sporting headlines this monday. they have named player of the year in england and his manager warns it can get even better. >> the death toll is rising, rooting 3,700 and we expect that figure to increase over the coming days. and many thousand have been left homeless and destitute. those who have side of the quake in kathmandu and the area of the epicenter announce that they be announced in the hope. even now it's quite chilly when the sun sets here across nepal. now rescue teams as i have mentioned have begun their rescue operation. the national groups have been arriving from the united states. they've been digging their way

trying to find those that may have survived the terrible earthquake that measures 7.9 on the richter scale on saturday. there have been a hundred aftershocks across the country and even this evening one was reported in the east of the country. at the moment there are no reports of any injuries and death, but we'll keep you informed about that. day three and that means that the search operations have continued with teams from france austria submitser hand and the united states here. it has been a difficult day for those who have been digging in the dirt listening carefully for anyone who may have survived saturday's earthquake. here's how the day progressed. working their way through the ruins. using their hands and any other tool available. it's a precarious and dangerous

task. they stop briefly for water and then continue. these historic sights to do in kathmandu. small groups of security personnel and volunteers sift through the republic painstakingly hopefully trying to find any survivors if they can. it's a difficult task, and it's only stopped when there is another tremor or when the sun sets. the relief operation continues with medics working around the clock to help the your stay with the wound: it's a tough job. the death toll is already in the thousands. that's just in the capital. from the air the destruction is clear. while hundreds are still stranded at the airport many will be returning home with horrific memories. the larger problem is aid being

flown in to kathmandu airport. it only has one runway. while the world sends help the logistical challenge is getting help to people who need it most. there has to be cremations. trying to find medical help has been difficult when some of the infrastructure has been damaged so badly across the valley is incredibly difficult to gauge how the circumstances for those that are still affected in remote outlying villages. we have more on how the community at large is coping. >> the cremation grounds in kathmandu has been running day and night since the earthquake. they don't wait for families.

300 victims have been cremated so far and more bodies are still coming. for those who survived life is not easy. they've moved out in the streets. >> we had to move out of our home because it was damaged. there are no facilities here, no water, no electricity. there is no government help or prisons. >> they say that they've been left to fend for themselves, and don't know how long they'll have to stay out here. people here are having a hard fight against the elements. they've been living outside since friday. running in for shelter every time it rains. running out after every aftershock. many tell us that they've received little help so far. at the city's hospitals doctors are trying their best to help. this man said he had to pay for his own medicine, which should be free, but he's just thankful to be alive. >> i was walking home after work when the i was trap: finally i

was rescued but both my legs are broken. >> limb and head injuries are common. doctors say that they're managing. >> without enough supplies and equipment to treat the survivors the concern is that there will be many more days like this to come in kathmandu. >> such a depressing scene. many have suffered greatly during the earthquake. >> there were a number of family members rescued interest this

location. many hours ago and they said that there was still relatives beneath the rubble. this time there was an officer earlier on shouting hello hello, banging bricks with his bear fists. but sadly there has been no sound whatsoever. just really a place of dust, the smell of the scent of people passing away. there is here with their bear hands and shovels no mechanickized equipment can get through the area. street after street it's like this going on. this is more a recovery operation than one of rescue. people like to be optimistic in some areas but everyone we've spoken to so far in the past eight hours has been mournful rather than hopeful. and there is also a contrasting mood of anger in many parts of

this city. particularly around the local authority building where people are demanding tents where they can settle because their homes are either so damaged that they don't have anything to live with or there are concerns that there could be further quakes coming down. there is danger everywhere and we're continually warned of where we step and where we walk. this whole district is aged and rebuilt after the 1948 outbreak. and of course now look at it. it is devastated, and it has to be said that each day that goes by does not get any easier. it gets worse. >> the sun has set the international aid operation continues at the airport with flights coming in.

at first light those rescue and recovery teams that are trying to find people that are buried under the debris will begin their work again. this is very important in these sorts of events. time is running out and there is a need and a hope that they will find survivors. at the moment, back to you in studio. >> reporting live from kathmandu in nepal's capital and foreign rescue teams are flocking in to help with the search for survivors. more than 20 countries have gotten behind the aid effort including india china pakistan israel, and members of the european union. the nepal ese government said

that they are short of everything from food to electricity. good to have you on the program with us. >> how big are the tasks on the teams. >> it's a huge task for all aid workers coming in. it's not unexpected. we've seen in past disasters when there is only one airport in the country that can accept big wide airplanes there is only so much they can do. they've brought in from neighboring countries military forces and military planes that are coming in. and what we're doing from the food world food program we've unloaded the relief material and bring it to our warehouses. the amazing thing is that just a month ago the world food program together with the nepalese government has built a staging

area near this airport so that if a disaster like this would happen, we would be better prepared to handle the aid operation. what is needed are medical supplies, of course, shelter material and what the world food program will be bringing in these high energy biscuits. you have seen the video of people just living on the streets. they've lost their homes. if they still have homes these business cuts will keep you alive. they're 450 calories, and that's what we deliver when there is crisis in the middle of rubble. >> you already have workers on the ground. you already had people on the ground before earthquakes struck. two days ago you mention there had is already an aid distribution system in place. is the system working now currently effectively? we have been in nepal. even before this quake we have

been taking care of 500,000 people who are in need of help and good nutrition. our people were on the ground. many of them have lost their homes. some of them have lost relatives. they slept outside and brushed off and started working. the crucial thing now is to do this in a really well organized way so you bring in the most needed supplies and that other stuff that you need later on in this guy january tick aid operation that comes later. so all of the u.n. and the local nepalese officials and local officials from the neighboring countries working together to make sure that it goes smoothly. but it's a tough tough task. the biggest concern that we have in the areas in the back of the country remote mountain villages where nobody has been. we have good intelligence from satellite images but it will be necessary with helicopters to go there. then we have to see how we can get medical supplies, food,

shelter to those folks in past disasters. we have sometimes used mountaineers as they come out on helicopters and ropes to get stuff to people. all of that is on the table. we're also looking in order to avoid that bottleneck that is the airport to open roads and use roads from india to bring supplies. so i think we have teams on the ground from various agencies. they're checking out. they're assessing what nepal needs the most right now. >> there are certainly a lot of challenges ahead for the people there, i imagine. from the world food program we appreciate your time. thank you. >> if you can donate, make a small donation. everything will help. >> thank you so much, bettina lucia from the world program there. 45 people mostly women and

children have died in pakistan after heavy rain and strong winds rip ripped through the area. winds reached speeds of 120 kilometers an hour. more rain is forecast. kamal hyder is has sent us this update a short time ago. >> when the storm hit most people were forced to seek protection inside their homes. now, i'm at the home of a family with four children, who were sleeping inside the room at the type the roof collapsed. they didn't stand a chance. they were pulled out by the local villagers but four of his children two of his brother's children were not so lucky.

his wife also died and the roof collapsed. most the people who suffered are ordinary poor people who live on the outskirts of peshawar or in the old part of the city. their roofs are not strong enough to take such a heavy downpour coupled with a strong wind. importantly. >> we're going to breakaway to bring you the swearing in of the next u.s. attorney general, and this is the historic swearing in. you see vice president joe biden. she's about to take the oath to become the u.s.' next attorney general. lynch becomes the 83rd attorney general to lead the country's justice department. let's listen in. >> the first time i came into this room i had just turned in,

i remember walking into this building and thinking as a young lawyer the majesty of this place, and how much we all rely on it. for all of our basic rights and protections. and your whole family is here today. i hope you'll forgive as we used to say in the point of personal privilege, i'm so happy to meet your dad. dad, stand up. i want everyone to see this. [applause] chairman leahy you know this is a man who never thought it paid to be silent in the face of oppression and prejudice and so many people so many people in your home state and in this

country owe you so much, not just for your wisdom but the physical courage it took back in those days to speak out as you did. a baptist minister who always taught his children that anything is possible. in the face of jim crow in north carolina raising a lovely, bright young woman as well as her brother and saying anything anything is possible. he not only taught it, he fought for t and he also, as i understand, made it clear that they had to work for it, too. the dad taking young loretta to the courthouse to see important

cases was a pretty, i imagine even in those days fairly innovated. while he had his young daughter in the courthouse. then the local library dropped her off to instill in her one of the few places a young black woman could be and with some degree of security, surrounded by all those works that are still just in incredible love of learning and language in you loretta. this is an incredible moment. a baptist minister what preached during the sit ins in greensboro fines himself 50 years later with his daughter in this magnificent room. his daughter fighting for a more perfect union and still fights for. ladies and gentlemen, it's about time. it's about time that this woman

is being sworn in. it's about time. >> i'm tired of being tired. well, we got tired of this wait, and you showed some grace and such humility during this whole process this is a woman who is incredibly qualified just like eric holder, who i know has been my close friend for years and years and years i mean over 30 years. he's among my view unof the final he is attorney generals we've had. in this environment of political hostility he has stood his ground on principle. he has never yielded and he has been right.

[applause] >> he was on a two-person committee to decide who to choose as vice president. so that is a joke. he's one of my great friends ever my life. for the past six and a half years, we sat next to each other. there is a protocol where each seed is, and you'll sit on my left during those cabinet meetings and eric sat there and i don't know how many meetings we've had in the situation room like with the fbi director and others who are here in the oval office issue after issue, national security counter

terrorism. marriage equality, immigration. violent against women in the criminal justice reform, and so much more. i thank him i thank sharon, his wife and his family. he has a brilliant young family with brilliant kids. we thank them for their service. we have confidence that loretta lynch will exceed the high standards set for her because she's cut from the exact same cloth. both she and eric embody the mantra of one of their predecessors a man who this building is named. he said the purpose in life is to contribute in some way to making things better. the purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better. five generations your will help

to make things better. as i read your dad always taught to you stand up to speak things right, get up when knocked down and move on. if there is anything you should know about loretta lynch following your father's example she excelled in everything she has done from the time she was a child. she's never been limited by the lower expectations of others but always exceeded the expectations she set for herself. top of her class in high school, got into a lot of universities but decided she wanted to go to harvard. harvard undergraduate. law school. did well as an aspiring young lawyer. for 30 years she has been a first-rate fair minded

independent lawyer and prosecutor as u.s. attorney and in private practice. she shown the resolve to prosecute terrorists mobsters and gang members. she has sown fidelity to the law and rooted out corruption. she brought down fraud certificates and child abusers and she has shown a dogged pursuit to bust a human trafficking ring. she forged in battleing violent crime in the mean streets of new york to striving for accountability in the crucible genocide in rwanda. and as a top federal prosecutor she's worked with and learned from law enforcement officers and agents. you're going to have a great partner this one.

she's a better prosecutor because of that. she has unpeachible incredible to strengthen relations between law enforcement and communities that serve and protect. folks, patrick has heard me say this many times in public life, folks who arrive at the right decision flu through an intellectual examination of the argument but when it starts in the gut and goes to their heart and articulated by a fine mind. that's who this woman is. that's how loretta gets it right. inand the president and i can't wait to start working with her. she'll do everything available to bring terrorist toss justice. she'll enhanced development's capacity to attack cyberattacks

and cyber crimes. she'll continue to prosecute those who prey on the most in need of our protection. and she'll continue to lead with her humble and fierce determination to stand up for what is right do what is just, and not yield to anyone. i will close with this. i imagine the daughter of an english teacher and librarian and maya angelou's words have never been far from her thinking. maya angelou said in a straightforward manner, she said if someone shows you who they are, believe them. if someone shows you who they are, believe them. a very simplistic phrase.

she has shown us her entire life who she is, so believe her. i believe her. the president believes here, and all the people in this department will believe her. loretta, you've shown who you are and everything you've done, and you've upheld the very values in the oath you're about to take, and we believe you. to the staff the united states department of justice you're the best of the best. loretta, again, you have the best of the best as your leaders. all of the qualities she brings to this job of attorney general are because of what she's learned as a federal prosecutor. she's one of you. she's one of you. to the american people, we're blessed with another remarkable public servant to lead this department. and with that, loretta i'm now going to swear you in as the attorney general of the united states of america.

would your husband who will come forward and dad the whole family come on up here. the way we're going to do this. all right. you're going to stand here, loretta, i believe. >> i loretta lynch do solemnly swear that i'll support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, and bear true faith and allegiance to the same that i take this obligation freely

without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of which i'm about to enter so help me god. congratulations. [applause] [applause] >> well, here we are.

i have to say as i look out on all of you gathered here today i think it's an understatement to say that my heart is full, but it is. it is full of the most deep and profound gratitude that i've felt in quite some time. i must, of course, thank so many people who made it possible for me to stand here before you today, first and foremost i have to thank the president for his faith in me and asking me to leave thelead the department that i love to even greater heights. mr. vice president thank you for your presence, your comments today and also for your steadfast support and wise counsel through this process and it's been quite a process. i also have to thank senator schumer and senator leahy for being here and thank you for your support not just today but over the years and doing

frequently what i thought would be impossible, making the floor of the united states senate a welcoming place for me and my family. thank you sir, thank you so much. and of course, thanks to my wonderful family. as you can see all around you we're quite the force multiplier and many of you have come to know my father throughout this process. he has been at every hearing and every vote. but it didn't just start now. preparing for a very first trial and seeing him in the gallery and he was there for everyone there after. he has encouraged me in all things even when my choices were not the ones he would have made for me. in that he has been the best of fathers, and i thank him.

>> i hope you all know that without him i would not be stand hearing before him today having just been sworn in as the 83rd attorney general of the united states of america just one week after his 83rd birthday. >> my mother grew up in a world where she was always told what she could not do or whom she could not be. but she always knew that she could soar. and she did what would have seemed impossible in that small north carolina town of her youth. she raised a daughter who she always told whatever the dream to be a lawyer, a prosecutor, or the attorney general, of course you can. i thank her as well. i have to thank my wonderful

husband who is has supported all of my dreams. i would not trade all the for all the riches inned world because they are the riches of the world. in the eastern district of new york and beyond, tremendous thanks go to some people who could not be here today. the literally thousands of people many of whom i have never met personally who have expressed their support throughout this process. from the sisterhood of my sorority and the greeks who came together. from the churches and schools who wrote letters and made calls. to people on the street who stopped me and sometimes said just a word or two please know sometimes those words made all the difference to me as i

traveled this road. and i thank you. i thank you all as i prepare again the outstanding people of this department of justice. it has been the honor of my life and the privilege of my profession to have stood shoulder to shoulder with you on twice before from the eastern district of new york. because you are the one who is make real the promise of justice and redress for all americans. i am honored beyond words to step into this larger role today as your attorney general as we continue the core work of our mission, the protection of the american people. now all of us here at the department are here because at some point and maybe we were just a little girl or a real boy, we said i want to be a lawyer. i want to be a law enforcement officer. i want to be a federal agent. i want to be someone's hero. at the heart of that for me certainly and certainly for all of us whether attorney or agent

staff or principle the desire to leave this world a better place for us having been a part of it. the challenge in that, for you for me, all of us who love this department and love the law is to use the law to that end. to not just represent the law and to enforce the law but to use it to make real the promise of america. the promise of fairness, the promise of equality, of liberty and justice for all. i've been reminded recently that we're all just here for a time whether in this building or even on this earth. but the vaults that we hold dear will live on long after we've left this stage. it's our responsibility, it's our mission while we are here to breathe life into them, to imbue them with the our convictions and weight of our efforts. i know this can be done. i'm here to tell you if a little

girl from north carolina who used to tell her grandfather in the fields to lift her up on the back of his mule to see way up high grandaddy can grow up to be the chief law enforcement officer in of the united states of america. we can do anything. [applause] [applause] >> we can imbue our criminal justice system with both strength and fairness for the protection of both the needs of victims and the rights of all. we can restore trust and faith both in our laws and those of us who enforce them. we can protect the most

vulnerable among us from the scourge of modern day slavery. we can protect the growing cyber world and we can give those in our care both protection from terrorism and the security of their civil liberties. my friends we will do this as we have accomplished all things both great and small. working together, moving forward, and using just as our campus. and i'm here to tell you i cannot wait to begin that journey with all of you. i want to thank you all for being here today, not just here in this room, but in my life over the years. thank you all so much. and i look forward to working with you as we make reel the manifest promise of this, our department department of justice. [applause] >> that is america's new

attorney general loretta lynch giving her conspiracy speech after being sworn in by vice president joe biden. it is an historyic moment because she's the first african-american woman to hold this position. it was a family moment. her 83-year-old father held the bible as his daughter is sworn in as the 83rd attorney general of the united states. i want to go to mike viqueira who is in washington. mike she said we can. it almost reminded me of obama's inauguration speech, saying yes we can. >> the american society up by the boot straps story someone who overcame being the and granddaughter of a share

cropper, and also a lesson in american politics. she came before the senate last year when the democrats controlled the senate, sailed through her confirmation hearing. her opponents did not lay a glove on her hearings. it appeared she was on the fast track. the senate democrat said they would put it off when the republicans held the senate. and she did get entabled in american politics and senate procedure. she's following eric holder who had the controversial immigration and she did not oppose what the president was doing. she could hardly be expected to after being nominated by the were. but it was held up by that and issues of abortion and procedural stuff that we won't

get into, but now loretta lynch is now attorney general. >> the vote with 56-43 in her confirmation last thursday. with some, i believe ten republicans including senator mitch mcconnell voting for her. >> well, that's right. mitch mcconnell was not her most vocal critics. there are a number of ironies when it comes to how the senate has been working. they have been passing things on a which bipartisan basis. stephanie since you brought it up they'll demonstrate now that the republicans are in charge of congress in the house and senate that they can governor and legislate and that goes into it. the rules of the senate of fill muster require 60 votes to break

thatto confirm that. democrats switched that out. they said it would take a majority of 50. republicans screamed bloody murder saying you're making a mockery of the tradition of the senate and they're going along with what the democrats had done. if they hadn't, loretta lynch would not be at that swearing in hearing. >> what does attorney general lynch have to look forward to as far as priorities and issues she has to grapple with. >> we see the continued around largely peaceful protest in baltimore the killing of fedy gray. and eric holder talked about how

he wants to lower the legal standard of policemen violating someone's civil rights. the bar is very high in proving that and they stride to do that in the ferguson case. now loretta lynch is stepping in this tumultuous era of law enforcement of which she's in charge. >> in new york she was a prosecutor in the abner molina case. >> absolutely. >> i with what happened in ferguson and what is happening in baltimore she's in a special position to understand both sides. >> she certainly slick and of course there are on going civil rights investigations of several police departments around the country to establish whether there is a pattern and practice of several rights violations. we've seen a number of decisions

in the holder justice department to that end where these local police departments might enter into a decree and come in and revamp the way police department does business and interact with minority populations within their jurisdictions. certainly that's ongoing now but again many are calling for a change of the laws to do more to hold law enforcement responsible. this is something that may or may not happen on loretta lynch's watch. >> mike viqueira live from washington. thanks for your insight again. loretta lynch has just been sworn in as the new u.s. attorney general. we'll have more news right after this break.

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especially for their response both in terms of money as well as sending a special disaster response team as well as. tragedies of this magnitude underscore in today's world next door is really everywhere. and it's no secret that there is an enormous amount in the world. it is especially welcome and necessary in order to meet the turbulence of these times. that is precisely why today's meeting was so critical. show we live in different hemisphere, we can ask for no better friend or ally than japan. our alliance has long been the

cornerstone of peace prosperity across the pacific. for 70 years u.s. forces in japan have helped to safe gart the political economic development of northeast asia. we have worked as partners to deter aggression. to respond in natural by sassters and combat terrorism oppose proliferation protect the region sea lanes and foster growth that is transforming all of asia. our dialogue focused on particularly transformative achievement. the completion of the new guidelines unfortunate u.s. japan defense corporation which is our first such revision since 1997. obviously an enormous amount has changed.

after long consideration japan has taken on itself a greater international role within the past decades it has established a national security council. it has sent forces to iraq and kuwait and participated in in endureing freedom in the indian association. all of this in involving risks and dangerous pacific and across the globe. the guidelines we have work and that have been announced today will enhance japan's security. the united states and japan stand together to be resolved peacefully. we reject any suggestion that freedom of navigation oversight

and other unlawful uses of the sea and aerospace with privileges granted by big states by small once subject to the whim and fancy of the big state. as president obama has re' firmed our treaty commitments to security remain iron clad and include all territories of japan, including the senkaku islands. this alliance has matured to one of the strongest on earth. together we've managed the growing threat of north korea. we're adopting to emerging challenges in united states, cyber issues missiles defense.

we look back with pride on 70 years of peace prosperity and friendship with japan but we also look ahead as we chart a course in this defense guidelines agreement that will help to insure our future as even more successful and more productive than our president or our past. so i join secretary cart center thanking foreign minister for the productive discussions not just over the past day but the enormous amount of work that we went into since we announced this effort a year ago in 2013, two years now we've been working on this, and we look forward to continuing that work in the days an ahead. thank you. >> well, let me join my colleague secretary kerry in sending our condolences first

of all to all of the victims of the tragic earthquake in nepal victims from many countries including our own. and i just wanted to note for those here that we've been working with our inner agency partners to provide assistance. he mentioned one aspect of that. i also want to add that yesterday dispatched to nepal search and rescue personnel with supplies on board. we expect them to arrive shortly, and we expect to be doing more as and when called upon. we have tremendous humanitarian capability and experience as the response to the nepal disaster shows. and we put that to work not long

ago during operation tumadachi in japan after the earthquake there, and that collaboration with japan was just one instance an important one of u.s.-japan defense cooperation that has transpired since the guidelines we're discussing today were last updated 18 years ago. they were good guidelines. they allowed us to do many things. but today we've agreed to new guidelines that give us new opportunities to do new things. because the world has changed much since 18 years ago. the rejean, the asia pacific region has changed. it's weight in world affairs has increased. that is reflected in our rebalance, the u.s. rebalance to the asia pacific including its

expression in our own defense capabilities. we face new threats. new domains. new geographies. and new capabilities. and in all of this one thing remains the same. that is our alliance, the alliance with japan. that is secretary kerry said the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region. and we're deeply committed both to japan's security and the security in the region. guidelines really represent a wonderful opportunity and new high point in the alliance history. at a time when japan's own security posture is changing in historic ways, these guidelines allow us to modernize the u.s. u.s.-japan alliance by breaking

new ground in military cooperation and helping us to open new areas of military cooperation both in the asia pacific and around the globe. in these new guidelines we can work in domains like space and cyberspace and we can cooperate in new ways both regionally and globally. i look forward to working with mr. anakatani during mr. abe's visit to washington and in the coming months to implement the roles and missions detailed in these new guidelines. tomorrow we'll finalize plans for a space cooperation working group. i recently returned from my first visit as secretary of defense. as i said on that trip this region is so important to our future. i'm personally committed to working with secretary kerry and others in the administration on

the next phase of the rebalance as we work to deepen and diverse diversify our diplomatic, economic and military engagement in the region. the approval of the new defense guidelines marks an important step in the rebalances next phase. there will be many more. i turn it over now to the foreign minister. please. >> i'm glad to report that we have made great achievements at the meeting. i would like to give my gratitude to those who realized efforts to such a successful meeting secretary kerry and secretary carter in particular.

i would also like to offer my deep condolence to all the victims of the present earthquake in nepal. japan in addition to assistance in good of we have decided $8 million in aid to be implemented, and the japanese emergency relief unit rescue team are now being sent to the site and in decision 45 or so medical personnel team is to be sent. i hope that in responding to the situation japan and u.s. will be able to work in close partnership including exchange of information on the ground and we have already confirmed this

at the two plus two meeting. now after the meeting today the meeting took place marking the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii, and successfully opened a new chapter in the long history of the japan-u.s. security and defense cooperation cooperation. it will lead us to primary ministers abe's visit to the united states, especially to tomorrow's summit meeting. we announced the release of the new guidelines of the japan-u.s. cooperation from the last revision in 1977. the new guidelines reflect the enhancement of solidarity and the expansion of cooperation between japan and the united states. we intend to service the

response capabilities of the alliance while promoteing bilateral work under the new guidelines. the new guidelines are the outcomes of efforts under japan's policy of proactive contribution of peace based on the principles of international cooperation and the rebalance policy of the new side. it will enhance synergies under both. japan will continue it's past as a peace-loving nation in the consistent manner. furthermore japan in close cooperation with the united states will continue to contribute more proactively to insure peace not only of japan but the asia pacific region and the international community.

taking various opportunities we would like to the understanding of japan's position in the international community. on regional issues in security environment we exchange views of the two plus two meeting. and the four of us reaffirmed that the senkaku islands are under the administration of japan and therefore under the scope of commitments under article 5 of the japan-u.s. treaty of mutual cooperation and security and that we oppose any unilateral action that seeks to under man japan's administration of the islands. we have confidence in and highly appreciate the commitment of the u.s. government. more over in relation to the

current situation in the south china sea we once again shared the organization about the importance of the rule of law and will promote various measures with the international community. we cannot let the unilateral action to change the status quo to become known. regarding the realignment between the u.s. and japan both governments confirm that the plan to replace the facility is the only solution at a that avoids the continue use of marine corps air station. i explained that the government of japan will move forward towards while continuing dialogue with okinawa the plan's appreciation with strong determination. we